Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
Maryland Content Standards
Skills and Processes

• Students demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.

Life Science

• Students use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.

Environmental Science

• Students use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and nonliving) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective.

National Content Standards
Science: Grades K-4

• Develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry  
• Develop understanding about scientific inquiry

Life Science: Grades K-4

• Know the characteristics of organisms  
• Know life cycles of organisms  
• Know organisms and environments

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
Technology: Grades K-2 

• Use input devices (such as mouse, keyboard, and remote control) and output devices (such as monitor and printer) to successfully operate computers, VCRs, audiotapes, and other technologies  
• Use a variety of media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities  
• Use developmentally appropriate multimedia resources (such as interactive books, educational software, and elementary multimedia encyclopedias) to support learning  
• Create developmentally appropriate multimedia products with support from teachers, family members, or student partners  
• Use technology resources for problem solving, communication, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories

• Understand a frog's life cycle and development by hatching frog eggs and observing tadpole growth and development  
• Describe the characteristics of frogs and compare them to characteristics of toads  
• Describe the characteristics of amphibians as contrasted to fish, reptiles, or mammals  
• Describe a frog's habitat and how it supports the life of a frog  
• Work cooperatively in small groups  
• Document observations in a journal or learning log  
• Ask questions, gather research, organize information, prepare data, and present findings in writing